Congratulations to the members of the CTAHR ‘ohana who have achieved promotion and tenure: Zhiqiang Cheng (PEPS), Susan Crow (NREM), J.B. Friday (NREM), Mark Thorne (HNFAS), and Samir Khanal (MBBE). CTAHR is lucky to have all of them and glad that their expertise and hard work are being acknowledged!

More than 300 visitors learned about insects that pollinate home gardens and Hawai‘i ecosystems at the Urban Garden Center’s recent Second Saturday event.
 

Kim Carlson (NREM) was part of a delegation from Hawai‘i to the first National Food System Resilience and Equity Workshop, held at Stanford University, and was also part of the workshop steering committee. The two-day workshop addressed issues of food sustainability, security, and resilience in the face of climate change.

Rajesh Jha and Halina Zaleski (both HNFAS) provide their expert opinions in a story in Civil Beat about what should be done with the island’s food waste to best increase food security.

CTAHR and Hainan University have entered into an MOU establishing the Joint Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, which will be housed at the Hainan University campus. CTAHR faculty will work as visiting researchers there, and Hainan University students and graduates will be recruited for UH programs.